good bye halfords hello renault trucks!!!

[j05h_54xo]

As I posted last week the job center put me on a work experience thing in halfords for 2 weeks in halfords. Well after the first week I got a letter for somthing I had applyed for and now have an interview on thirsday for an aprentiship in renault truck in cardiff :afro: maybe now I can join you all in making a progress thread and buy a car if I get it wish me luck :drink:

[MiniGibbo]

Niceone dude, that sounds like a proper career!

Good luck with.

[Pieface]

You having an interview does not mean goodbye Halfords just yet..

[timmythechef]

Is that on hadfeild road?

[Rudpud]

You having an interview does not mean goodbye Halfords just yet..

I was once told that if you have an interview, you have the job, until you mess it up in the interview, which many do.

Well done on getting an interview but dont hand in your notice yet.

[MiniGibbo]

My advice would not to be stiking that pose in your avatar when they call your name out in the corridor to come in for the interveiw...

[AL3X_]

What type of rate is it on mate and where did you find it?

I'm wanting an apprenticeship to try and get a decent career path, but I doubt I could survive on a £95 a week one :/

Good luck with it though :y:

[Rudpud]

What type of rate is it on mate and where did you find it?

I'm wanting an apprenticeship to try and get a decent career path, but I doubt I could survive on a £95 a week one :/

Good luck with it though :y:

My apprenticeship started on £120 a week 4 months ago, now im on £135. Goes up regularly, till im qualified.

It's surprising where you can save money if need be.

[Moke]

Well done and good luck with the interview!

[AL3X_]

My apprenticeship started on £120 a week 4 months ago, now im on £135. Goes up regularly, till im qualified.

It's surprising where you can save money if need be.

Maybe so, you've managed to afford a c2 vts on that wage as well? Maybe not too bad then.

[timmythechef]

My advice would not to be stiking that pose in your avatar when they call your name out in the corridor to come in for the interveiw...

I'd listen to him tbh! If it means alot, don't look a twat.

[Rudpud]

Maybe so, you've managed to afford a c2 vts on that wage as well? Maybe not too bad then.

Had some savings and borrowed a little bit, but earn enough to make decent payments regularly. All apprenticeship wages are shit until you gain experience, then once you're qualified, the skys the limit...

[MiniGibbo]

Isnt the basic money by the goverement £30 a day for apprentasises then its what ever the company feels like putting on top to keep you keen.

[Rudpud]

Isnt the basic money by the goverement £30 a day for apprentasises then its what ever the company feels like putting on top to keep you keen.

Nope, the new minimum wage rules say something like £2.60 an hour for apprentices. I dont get paid hourly but if i do the hours im meant to I get around that :/

[MiniGibbo]

Might be different then, i know thats what you get in the building trade if you take an apprentise on..

How any one can live on that is beyond me you must

Live at home
Not have a car
Never go out drinking
Get pocket money off your parents..

[Moke]

I'm with Gimpo on this.....

I earn over £1k a month, yet I still have fuck all at the end of the month.

I must just be really shit at saving! :panic:

[MiniGibbo]

Your northern, you spend it all on ale and pie..

[timmythechef]

When i worked as a pastry chef in a 5 star hotel, my wages worked out at 4.20, as i was working 75 hours and getting paid for 40 :n:

[Rudpud]

Might be different then, i know thats what you get in the building trade if you take an apprentise on..

How any one can live on that is beyond me you must

Live at home
Not have a car
Never go out drinking
Get pocket money off your parents..

Im in the building trade so to speak. Sparky within new homes mainly.

I live at home, bought a car, maintain and mod it and pay for insurance, go out drinking and dont get money off my parents.

I'm with Gimpo on this.....

I earn over £1k a month, yet I still have fuck all at the end of the month.

I must just be really shit at saving! :panic:

I wish I earned that, my bank balance would be amazing. I would also go shopping alot more though.

[Moke]

Your northern, you spend it all on ale and pie..

I had a pie earlier :A:



I wish I earned that, my bank balance would be amazing. I would also go shopping alot more though.

I pay for everything myself though. I mean, everything.

My spendings each month include:

Insurance
Board
Phone bill
Petrol
Contacts
Gym (never go though :homme:)
Plus more, but can't think :geek:

It all adds up.

I have approx £300 to myself each month, but that doesn't go far.

[Rudpud]

I pay for everything myself though. I mean, everything.



Only thing my parents pay for is my phone contract £15 and food lol.

Currently have £120 going to my mum and £100 to my grandparents each month. Leaves me with £270 each month to spend on petrol, nights out, fixing the car when need be and other bits.

[Moke]

Only thing my parents pay for is my phone contract £15 and food lol.

Currently have £120 going to my mum and £100 to my grandparents each month. Leaves me with £270 each month to spend on petrol, nights out, fixing the car when need be and other bits.

It really gets you nowhere, does it?

That's not even £10 a day, so if you bought a shirt or something for £30, that's 3 days, in effect.

Shit init.

[Rudpud]

It really gets you nowhere, does it?

That's not even £10 a day, so if you bought a shirt or something for £30, that's 3 days, in effect.

Shit init.

Getting paid weekly helps alot tbh. Helps me budget anyways, alot less days to budget for before next payday :P

[Moke]

Getting paid weekly helps alot tbh. Helps me budget anyways, alot less days to budget for before next payday :P

I get paid monthly and don't really mind it.

I put a chunk of money away at the start of the month and if needs be, I'll dip into it, then whatever I have left, is savings :D

[josh11490]

im on £30 a week, its sucks being in college but when i looked for an apprenticeship there was nothing around :(, cant pay my own way like i would like too :/

[Moke]

im on £30 a week, its sucks being in college but when i looked for an apprenticeship there was nothing around :(, cant pay my own way like i would like too :/

Student life must be fucking terrible having to live off £30 a week.

Don't your parents help you out? Surely you can't live off that?

[Rudpud]

im on £30 a week, its sucks being in college but when i looked for an apprenticeship there was nothing around :(, cant pay my own way like i would like too :/

That EMA? Whilst I was in college I didnt have a job as no one wanted me lol, didnt get EMA. Half way through my 2nd year of Alevel's i got a job working 12 hours a week on £5 a hour...

[boony]

At my last job I was on 80 quid a week , at my current one I earn around 1500 a month yet I still have fuck all to show for it . Never ask parents for anything or get anything bought from them .

[MiniGibbo]

£10 a day can't go far..

That would buy you lunch from shell for the day but wouldn't pay the fuel to get there :wacko:

[devilsadvocate]

Nope, the new minimum wage rules say something like £2.60 an hour for apprentices. I dont get paid hourly but if i do the hours im meant to I get around that :/

£2.60 an hour, wouldn't even cover my rent!

If I was living at home and it was my first job to lead onto something better then I suppose I could do it for a while.

[Bound]

Moke.. Quit the Gym and save £30(?) a month?

[Moke]

Moke.. Quit the Gym and save £30(?) a month?

I am thinking of canceling it, but I know as soon as I cancel it, I'll want to go.

[MiniGibbo]

Gym comes first, Mike stop paying rent live in your gym locker!!

[Rudpud]

£2.60 an hour, wouldn't even cover my rent!

If I was living at home and it was my first job to lead onto something better then I suppose I could do it for a while.

Most apprentices are 16-19 when starting off though so generally dont rent a place yet.

Everyone says to me its not worth getting out of bed for and slating me for it, when they're on £6 an hour at tesco... I just say it gets me a good trade at the end of it and where are they stuck...?


Gym comes first, Mike stop paying rent live in your gym locker!!
Thats a dream come true for you isnt it?

[Moke]

Gym comes first, Mike stop paying rent live in your gym locker!!

See below.



Thats a dream come true for you isnt it?

FLOL, I was going to say that! :fcuk:

[Heftydanielson]

As said, I wouldn't quit Halfords till you've been accepted at your new place.


Also, how you liking Halfords? ( remember you posted a thread asking about working there)

[Saxologist]

Im on £1k a month, pay out:

£260 rent - Mum
£100 Insurance- dad
£46 phone
£80 petrol

And I go out once a week, and spend about £50

I still don't seem to have enough :/

[j05h_54xo]

Its good bye halfords because as I said its only work experience. And I can't remember where it is letters downstaires :) but iv allways wanted to be a mechanic and have qualifications in trucks so hopfully I will get it and no that jacket will be at home when I go to the interview. :homme: and I think it was £100 a week but that's good cos £50 a week is horrable!!! And finish in halfords the day after the interview but in all honesty halfords is a good place to work. And yeah move into your locker :O haha

[CEdwards]

and no that jacket will be at home when I go to the interview. :homme:

were not on about your jacket, its the pose bro. :homme:

[GaryKiddd]

Apprenticeships are hard to get unless you have good qualifications,

Make sure you practice your Amplitude Tests, they're hard as fuck

[Prickle]

I had a pie earlier :A:



I pay for everything myself though. I mean, everything.

My spendings each month include:

Insurance
Board
Phone bill
Petrol
Contacts
Gym (never go though :homme:)
Plus more, but can't think :geek:

It all adds up.

I have approx £300 to myself each month, but that doesn't go far.


£300 a month??

You srs?

okay youre on a smarish wage as me.

40 goes to parents. (may differ)

30/40 a fuel a week as above

109 goes to inrance to my rapid car as above

30 a week to fuel. as above, yus.

where does your money go mike?!?
--------------

phone bill - fuck off the contract?!?

finish the gum shit - i did. saved 24 a month

think people need to keep track of what they spend lol.. srsy.

[Moke]

£300 a month??

You srs?

okay youre on a smarish wage as me.

40 goes to parents. (may differ)

30/40 a fuel a week as above

109 goes to inrance to my rapid car as above

30 a week to fuel. as above, yus.

where does your money go mike?!?
--------------

phone bill - fuck off the contract?!?

finish the gum shit - i did. saved 24 a month

think people need to keep track of what they spend lol.. srsy.

You've put fuel twice...........?

[Prickle]

You've put fuel twice...........?

you might fill up twice in one day i dont know.... :homme:

[Moke]

you might fill up twice in one day i dont know.... :homme:

:detective:

[Rudpud]

you might fill up twice in one day i dont know.... :homme:


Lol shit cover up there drunk boy.

[Prickle]

:detective:

:drink:

literally.

[garner90]

Isnt the basic money by the goverement £30 a day for apprentasises then its what ever the company feels like putting on top to keep you keen.

I also thought this. I'm a second year apprentice now but last year when I went to a training centre with loads of lads from around the country they all earnt about £30 a day. I'm one of the lucky ones that takes home a fair wedge each week as an apprentice because I'm on an hourly
Rate

[GolfJay]

£30 a day?! I couldn't live off that. You lot seem to have it good.

62 hours a week and take home £1400 a month

£450 rent
£400 bills
£86 insurance (Was £160 until this month)
£40 phone
£80 loan
£100 fuel

Sucks to be me...

[MiniGibbo]

£30 a day?! I couldn't live off that. You lot seem to have it good.

62 hours a week and take home £1400 a month

£450 rent
£400 bills
£86 insurance (Was £160 until this month)
£40 phone
£80 loan
£100 fuel

Sucks to be me...

LOL does indeed suck to be you.. all that money on rent and youll never see a return :homme:

Say you live there for a year thats £5400 gone, two years £10800!!

Surely that would secure you a moragage on a 1 bed flat T'up north

[GolfJay]

LOL does indeed suck to be you.. all that money on rent and youll never see a return :homme:

Say you live there for a year thats £5400 gone, two years £10800!!

Surely that would secure you a moragage on a 1 bed flat T'up north

Unfortunately with my girlfriend at uni and me as the only wage earner, I don't think I bank would come near us with a mortgage right now. I do agree with you though, wasted money.

[Moke]

Unfortunately with my girlfriend at uni and me as the only wage earner, I don't think I bank would come near us with a mortgage right now. I do agree with you though, wasted money.

Tell the bitch to get a fucking job!

[MiniGibbo]

Id be at home and stick her in uni halls tbh..

renting really grinds my gears well unless theyre my houses that are being rented :A: